Even colleges are getting into the booze. Places are getting rid of the old laws wanting more people to drink so they can get the tax money. Could we see a return of lower age drinking? http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/us/alcohol-laws-eased-to-raise-tax-money.html?_r=1&hp
The 21 drinking age is a bit hypocritical. There should be one legal age for everything. I don't care what it is, 18, 21 whatever but we should pick one and be consistent. That said I bet college brand beer sucks.
When I was in high school ('73), Dan Walker was running for governor(IL). I asked him at a public forum why I was required to register for the draft, but couldn't sit in a bar and have a beer. Yup college brand- they take some low priced swill and re-brand it. Re: Illini Beer. Must be a collectible now - the "Chief" was banned. Ban the Chief!
The 21 drinking age is a joke because all that does is make the younger people want to drink more, plus alcohol is not that difficult to obtain, I used to drink vodka and orange juice in high school whenever I felt like it.
Way OT but what the fuck. So- Chief Illiniwek was banned from the U of I campus and the likeness is no longer used on official merchandise. Racist and all that it is. For years the anti-Chief crowd used the slogan "Ban The Chief!" So I came up with my own anti-anti Chief slogan "Chan The Beef!" Thought of making t-shirts but the idea went nowhere.
I say if your old enough to fight and die for your country, your old enough to drink, let's repeal the old Reagan law and let the spirits flow.